One Thing I've Learned Is to Be Cautious of the Deer, They Don't Care if They Die – This is M. Shaw's website. M. Shaw the author.

Hi! I’m M. Shaw. I write fiction, poetry, personal essays and criticism. I have a book, One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve, a new weird horror novella published by Tenebrous Press, which you can buy direct from the publisher or from your retailer of choice. I live in Arvada, Colorado, which is like […]

This is the kind of thing that I would normally post as a Twitter thread, but I’m also anticipating my own exit from Twitter in the not-too-distant future and would like to find a way to make that happen gracefully, so there you go. I went to a small, local drag show last night with […]

I’m really not updating this site as much as I should, largely because I’ve been busy with my forthcoming book and the publisher I run. One Hand to Hold, One Hand to Carve releases on April 1st, and I’ve got a slowly-expanding docket of readings and promos, plus the odd conference panel. I’ve added a […]

“Baby” may be a bit misleading, given that my first story publication was 14 years ago, but it’s also accurate because, in that entire time, this is the first year where it’s genuinely felt worth putting one of these together! Remember that you can be a mewling, helpless infant at any age. Inspirational! For those […]